Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery

Interview with author and reenacting activist, Lauren Cook Wike

Photos taken during an interview with Lauren Cook Wike, co-author of They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War and An Uncommon Soldier. Ms. Cook fought and won a lawsuit on the grounds of gender discrimination against the National Park Service in the early 1990s when she was barred from a Civil War reenactment because women were not allowed to portray soldiers.

Photos taken during the second of two 2013 reenactments commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, PA, fought from July 1-3, 1863. The second event was held by the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee (GAC) the weekend of July 4-7, 2013. Photos feature reeanctors from the 6th New York Independent Battery.

Photos taken during the first of two 2013 reenactments commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, PA, fought from July 1-3, 1863. The first event was held by the Blue Gray Alliance the weekend of June 27-30, 2013. Photos feature reeanctors from the 53rd Georgia Company K Confederate Infantry Unit.

Photo credit: O.K. Keyes

2013 Battle of Olustee Reenactment

Photos taken at the 2013 Battle of Olustee Reenactment in Olustee, Florida with the 53rd Georgia - Company K.

Photo credit: O.K. Keyes

Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation

A living history event in Darien, GA, with the 53rd Georgia - Company K.

Photo credit: J.R. Hardman

Historical Photographs

These images (taken from a variety of sources) show examples of actual female soldiers who served during the Civil War.

150th Anniversary Antietam Reenactment

Photos taken at the 150th Anniversary Battle of Antietam Reenactment in Sharpsburg, MD, with the 6th NY Independent Battery.